Synopsis
Repeated robberies of a mine's gold shipments bring in a detective. An employee's secret mirror signals reveal an inside connection, while his rejected advances toward the superintendent's daughter create another threat.
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Wikimedia Commons · Charles Giblyn · Public domain
Cast
DirectorsCharles Giblyn
Behind the scenes
Lon Chaney plays the duplicitous clerk in one of his early surviving appearances. Sunlight becomes a practical communication device linking the mine office to the waiting bandits.
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- Lon Chaney — Unknown author · Public domain
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